Hi

I am hoping that you lovely ladies can give me a bit of reassurance.

We are in our first IVF cycle.We have had 3 failed attempts at IUI and are hoping that ICSI will work for us. As far as we know I have no fertility problems - we are a same sex couple so thats why we need a little help to conceive our bundle of joy.

Anyway I have been on synarel for 22 days and puregon injectons for 9 days. We had our first scan today and we only have 8 follies measuring between 5-7 mm so we have a long way to go to get to the minium size of 18mm. Our specialist has increased the dosgae of puregon from 150 to 200 iu and we have to go back for another scan on Monday, and possibly Wednesday

Our specialist and nurse has told us that it is not uncommon on the first cycle to have to play a 'try and see' game with the dosgae to get to the right level for my body.

Has anyone else had a similar kind of experience, which ended in a positive outcome?

I know it is silly, and that it is way too early to get really worried, but now I am starting to think that maybe there is some underlying problem that they just haven't found yet.

I suppose I am just frustrated that my body is not doing what I want it to do - and again I know many of you have had much bigger worries than this, and i know i have to stay positive.

Anyway thanks for listening

Belin